Texas Tech

One more game remains in the college basketball season. Virginia will take on Texas Tech tomorrow night for the national title. Dick Vitale has unveiled his prediction for the matchup. He’s going with the Cavaliers. Before yesterday’s semifinals, Vitale was on Michigan State to win it all. However, he had to change that pick after […]

Texas Tech is the best defensive team in KenPom history, as the Red Raiders’ adjusted defensive efficiency ranks No. 1 out of every college basketball team measured since 2002. Virginia is no slouch, either, ranking No. 5 this year with an efficiency that would come in at No. 1 in some years. What does this […]

Texas Tech’s students went a little crazy following the Red Raiders’ Final Four win over No. 2 seed Michigan State on Saturday night. Hundreds of students reportedly celebrated the win over the Spartans by flipping cars and burning property, according to reports. Police in Lubbock, Texas reportedly had to use tear gas to disperse the […]

On Saturday night, Virginia and Texas Tech secured their spots in Monday night’s national title game by taking down Auburn and Michigan State respectively. The Cavaliers used a last-second series of free throws from star Kyle Guy to secure their spot in the title game. The Red Raiders followed suit, taking down the Spartans with […]

This has been a pretty impressive sports year for Texas Tech and its athletic alumni. Patrick Mahomes won the NFL MVP in his first year as starter for the Kansas City Chiefs. Today, he is in Minneapolis to support another Red Raiders team. He and teammate Travis Kelce, a Cincinnati alumnus, were on hand to […]

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have a good connection on the field. They were bonding off of it at tonight’s Final Four game between Texas Tech, Mahomes’ alma mater, and Michigan State. The two Kansas City Chiefs stars were accompanied by their girlfriends and were on camera frequently. While Mahomes was the focus several times […]

The first 20 minutes of Michigan State-Texas Tech are about what we expected. We have a defensive struggle on our hands in the nightcap of the Final Four. Texas Tech leads the favored Spartans 23-21 at intermission. Chris Beard’s vaunted defense has held Michigan State to 30.4 percent shooting and forced seven turnovers. However, the […]

Texas Tech’s men’s basketball program will have some major alumni support at the Final Four in Minneapolis, Minnesota this evening. The Red Raiders, the No. 3 seed out of the West Region, is set to take on No. 2 seed Michigan State in a national semifinal tonight. A star NFL quarterback is in the building […]

Chris Beard is hours away from coaching in his first Final Four, as Texas Tech is set to play Michigan State in Minneapolis with a spot in the national championship game on the line. The Red Raiders’ head coach, 46, has become one of the most-respected head coaches in the sport. Few, if any, expected […]

Both matchups for the Final Four are shaping up to be tremendous this weekend. While Virginia battles Auburn in the earlier content, Michigan State will meet Texas Tech later tonight. Michigan State stunned Duke in the Elite Eight as Cassius Winston led the charge with 20 points. Xavier Tillman also had an impressive performance with […]

Four schools from both the Big 12 and Big East basketball conferences pre-scheduled games for the 2019-20 season. The two conferences have decided to take things a step further. The Big 12 and Big East are creating an entire conference vs. conference series similar to the SEC-Big 12 challenge and ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Per the […]

Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard is a couple of days from leading his Red Raiders team into the Final Four. The Red Raiders, the No. 3 seed in the West Region, are set to take on No. 2 seed Michigan State in the Final Four on Saturday night. This is the first Final Four […]

The Final Four is slated to take place this weekend and there are some really compelling matchups to look forward to. Naturally, the predictions have already started pouring in and the computers have an early idea of who will be meeting in the title game. The first matchup will be the Michigan State Spartans against […]

We’re only a few days away from the Final Four and the picks are already pouring in for the Virginia-Auburn and Michigan State-Texas Tech games. The betting lines for the Final Four have been released, too, so let’s take a look at how the games stack up. According to OddsShark, the Virginia Cavaliers are opening […]

For most of the 40 minutes of tonight’s fantastic West Regional, Texas Tech’s defense was the story. In the game’s waning moments, a few strange moments, including one brutal late foul on Josh Perkins. With Texas Tech up 71-69, and 12 seconds remaining in the game, Perkins was whistled for a technical foul. He made […]

Entering the season, few probably had Texas Tech penciled into their Final Four. The Red Raiders made an unexpected Elite Eight run last season, but as usual, Kansas was the focus of the Big 12 coming into the season. After the regular season, it was the Red Raiders, and not the Jayhawks, in a tie […]

Texas Tech held off Gonzaga to win the West Regional Final and notch its first trip to the Final Four on Saturday night, but it didn’t come without controversy. A missed call by the referees has Bulldogs fans rather upset. With just under one minute to play and Texas Tech holding a six-point lead, Red […]

Texas Tech and Gonzaga were victorious in their Sweet 16 matchups, which means they’ll meet in the Elite Eight. With both teams playing tremendous basketball of late, it’s possible this game comes down to the wire. Despite entering the NCAA Tournament fresh off an upset loss, the Red Raiders have been really impressive. They basically […]

It makes sense that Michigan and Texas Tech would be a low-scoring affair. The Wolverines play a slow, deliberate pace offensively, and the Red Raiders pride themselves on being tough defensively. Still, what we’ve seen thus far tonight in Anaheim is ridiculous. With five minutes left in the first half, both teams had barely reached […]

Avery Johnson was considered a pretty big get for the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball program when he was hired, given his NBA success. After just four seasons, he is on his way out. Johnson, who was 75-62 with the Crimson Tide, and the school agreed to a buyout over the weekend. The move made Alabama […]

Although Texas Tech enters halftime with the lead against Northern Kentucky, the first half featured a frightening moment for the team’s best player. Jarrett Culver will be ready for the second half of action, but his status was almost put in question due to a nasty bump out of bounds. Culver is the heart and […]

68 teams may be playing for a national title, but realistically, the group of teams that have a reasonable chance to win is much smaller. Since the expansion of the NCAA Tournament to 64 teams in 1985, 21 of 34 champions are No. 1 seeds. All but four champions have been top three seeds. The […]

One of the top teams in the Big 12, Texas Tech enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed seeking to avenge a conference tournament that ended all too quickly. Their opponent in the West will be No. 14 seeded Northern Kentucky. Preview: The 2018-19 season saw Texas Tech emerged as one of the stingiest […]

By the end of the day, the top teams of the later conference tournaments will have all played games. That means we’re starting to get the last few data points for the 2019 NCAA Tournament seedings. Last night marked the return of Zion Williamson, who, in his first game back from his knee injury, posted […]